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University’s boys tennis team saw its season officially come to an end on Friday when the Trojans lost to Torrey Pines, 6-1, in the first round of the CIF/USTA Southern California Regional Championships at the Claremont Club.
The Falcons concluded the afternoon with a 5-2 win over Palisades, advancing to Saturday afternoon’s championship match against Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, the reigning Southern Section champ.
University concluded its season with a 19-4 record, having only lost to Harvard-Westlake (twice), Peninsula and Torrey Pines.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
Quarterfinals
Palisades 5, San Marino 2
Torrey Pines/San Diego 6, University 1
Peninsula 7, Canyon Crest Academy/San Diego 0
Harvard-Westlake 7, Clovis North/Fresno 0
Semifinals
Torrey Pines/San Diego 5, Palisades 2
Harvard-Westlake 4, Peninsula 3
Top finishers from the CIF-SS Masters Meet on Friday at Arcadia High.
MASTERS MEET
At Arcadia High
(Q: Additional Orange County qualifiers for the CIF State Meet)
BOYS RESULTS
100m – 1. Guidry (Vista Murrieta) 10.35, 2. Cunningham (Ranco Verde) 10.41, 3. Hampton (Yucaipa) 10.49, Q – None
200m – 1. Cunningham (Rancho Verde) 21.52, 2. Moore (Oaks Christian) 21.54, 3. Hampton (Yucaipa) 21.55, Q – None
400m – 1. Shinnick (Damien) 46.38, 2. Saniego (Vista Murrieta) 47.69, 3. Bowens (Long Beach Poly) 47.95, Q – None
800m – 1. Irish (Palos Verdes) 1:55.21, 2. Villa (Corona) 1:55.40, 3. Lamb (Glendora) 1:55.43, Q – None
1600m – 1. Renken (Claremont) 4:10.95, 2. Fountain (Great Oak) 4:11.88, 3. Berti (Paso Robles) 4:12.74, Q – Smith (Pacifica)
3200m – 1. Bolger (San Luis Obispo) 9:03.24, 2. Llorin (Mira Costa) 9:06.30, 3. Corcoran (St. John Bosco) 9:07.77, Q – None
110HH – 1. Anderson (Upland) 13.56, 2. Samuel (Rancho Verde) 13.85, 3. Rubio (Los Alamitos) 13.89, Q – Sandoval (Servite)
300IH – 1. Anderson (Upland) 36.58, 2. Christensen (Los Osos) 36.90, 3. Samuel (Rancho Verde) 37.03, Q – Rubio (Los Alamitos), Hennesay (Santa Margarita)
400m relay – 1. Rancho Verde 41.14, 2. Oaks Christian 41.26, 3. Gahr 41.54, Q – Mission Viejo
1600m relay – 1. Roosevelt 3:15.30, 2. Long Beach Wilson 3:16.02, 3. Aliso Niguel 3:16.06
HJ – 1. Crosby (Gahr) 6-07.00, 2. Lee (Trabuco Hills) 6-07.00, 3. Sears (Alemany) 6-07.00, Q – None
LJ – 1. Thompson (Rancho Verde) 23-08.00, 2. Douglas (Long Beach Poly) 23-03.00, 3. Reyes (Elsinore) 22-09.50, Q – Rubio (Los Alamitos), Wesley (Santa Ana Valley)
TJ – 1. Stevenson (Great Oak) 49-09.00, 2. Nnoli (San Marcos) 47-00.50, 3. Massey (Hesperia) 46-09.50, Q – None
PV – 1. Curran (Redondo Union) 17-00.00, 2. Magula (Marina) 16-00.00, 3. Fegan (Newport Harbor) 15-00.00, Q – Martinez (JSerra)
SP – 1. Tsu (Marina) 60-06.00, 2. Johnson (Valley View) 58-05.00, 3. Wilborn (Notre Dame S.O.) 57-03.50, Q – Arnold (Marina), Schooler (Mission Viejo)
DT – 1. Otal (Oak Park) 201-01, 2. Kocab (Serrano) 189-06, 3. Coronado (Golden Valley) 176-04, Q – Lavalle (Mission Viejo)
GIRLS RESULTS
100: 1. Nowling (Calabasas) 11.57, 2. Reed (Serra) 11.59, 3. Augustine (Long Beach Poly) 11.66
200: 1. Augustine (Long Beach Poly) 23.95, 2. Nowling (Calabasas) 24.05, 3. Reed (Serra) 24.11
400: 1. Anderson (Norco) 53.43, 2. Medley (El Toro) 54.15, 3. Harris (Rancho Cucamonga) 54.79
800: 1. Hill (Etiwanda) 2:09.09, 2. Tanaka (Long Beach Poly) 2:09.82, 3. Yago (Marymount) 2:10.43, Q – Sanacore (Los Alamitos)
1,600: 1. Boos (Claremont) 4:49.74, 2. Herberg (Capistrano Valley) 4:49.92, 3. Mandel (Great Oak) 4:51.05
3,200: 1. Lane (Malibu) 10:10.25, 2. Cruz-Albrec (Oak Park) 10:24.19, 3. Adler (Northwood) 10:24.62, Q – Leonard (Canyon)
100HH: 1. Davis (Agoura) 13.45, 2. Jones (San Marcos) 13.90, 3. Hicks (Upland) 13.91
300IH: 1. Anderson (Norco) 41.41, 2. Robinson (Mira Costa) 41.96, 3. Bernard Jo (Roosevelt) 43.41
400 relay: 1. Calabasas 46.02, 2. Santa Margarita 46.28, 3. Serra 47.29
1,600 relay: 1. Santa Margarita 3:47.82, 2. Quartz Hill 3:48.07, 3. Dana Hills 3:48.69
HJ: 1. Burke (Riverside Poly) 5-5, 2. Garner (Woodbridge) 5-5, 3. Palka (Oaks Christian) 5-5
LJ: 1. Davis (Agoura) 20-3.25, 2. Seaton (Westlake) 19-1, 3. Smith (Long Beach Poly) 19-0.50, Q – May (Northwood), Chiaramonte (Mater Dei)
TJ: 1. Davis (Agoura) 40-4, 2. Moersdorf (San Luis Obispo) 40-2.25, 3. Smith (Long Beach Poly) 40-1.25, Q – Garner (Woodbridge), Weeks (Santa Margarita), May (Northwood)
PV: 1. Baxter (Canyon) 14-4, 2. Caskey (Mater Dei) 13-4, 3. Thomas (Santa Margarita) 12-10. Q – Gerardo (Santa Margarita), Combs (Orange Lutheran), Agnew (Mission Viejo)
SP: 1. Sale (Los Alamitos) 46-11.75, 2. Anumba (Los Osos) 45-10.5, 3. Patterson (Louisville) 43-3.5
DT: 1. Anumba (Los Osos) 166-1, 2. F. Crenshaw (Costa Mesa) 150-5, 3. Sale (Los Alamitos) 142-5, Q – T. Crenshaw (Costa Mesa)
At a critical moment, president Donald Trump addressed the leaders of America’s NATO allies in Brussels, Belgium. Returning to a central point of his foreign policy doctrine, Trump demanded that the rest of the alliance shoulder considerably more of its budgetary burden relative to the United States.
He was right to do so, although not, he made it appear, for the correct reasons. It’s essential that NATO’s member states meet — and exceed — their current spending obligations. But for now, at least, Trump is making it all too hard for them to get there.
Trump’s European worries are nothing new. His initial interest in warmer relations with Russia put off allies on the Continent, who have cast a wary eye on Putin’s activities from the Baltics to the Balkans.
The ongoing drama surrounding the investigation into Russia’s degree of interference in the presidential campaign has fueled a sense of dismay that only abated slightly when Marine Le Pen, who had also received praise from Trump, lost out to France’s young and untested new president, Emmanuel Macron.
But, above all, it was candidate Trump’s early description of NATO itself as “obsolete” — a distilled-down combination of American fears and grievances on the nationalist right and populist left — that stuck with European leaders. The White House made some moves to mitigate the damage left by that remark, but as it also failed to stop repeated leaks to the press concerning intelligence gathered by U.S. allies, officials didn’t, or couldn’t, do enough.
So, although NATO’s European members are firm in their conviction that the alliance demands more unity and more spending to counter Russia, they are loath to speed hikes in their defense budgets as a mere reaction to Trump going easier on Russia and harder on themselves.
Trump’s insistence on playing up the threats to stability posed by Islamic terrorism, and on Europe’s immigration crisis, could have worked as tough medicine, forcing NATO allies to accept that they face a perfect storm of problems fundamentally unlike the monolithic Soviet threat of old. Unfortunately, Trump’s difficulty in securing a foundation of normalcy around NATO-Russian relations has forestalled that tricky, but key, achievement.
As a result, European NATO spending is going up, but not as rapidly as circumstances warrant. And now, in the wake of Trump’s Brussels remarks, begrudgingly. Americans may balk at the idea that reaching 2 percent spending on NATO defense counts as a laudatory achievement. But that goal is one NATO as a whole is only inching toward, and the less praise member states receive, the less inclined they will be to meet or surpass it. The consequences will not redound to the Trump administration’s benefit — or America’s.
Trump wisely returned focus to Europe’s problems that the Obama administration, in one of its greatest errors, willfully overlooked. Obama treated Europe as a geopolitical safe space that required almost no strategic attention or pressure — then watched “helplessly” as chaos and violence flowed in because of his policies from Libya to Iraq.
Now, Trump must compensate for that compound failure with just what he seems least willing to give: greater sympathy for the narrow options and frayed nerves of NATO allies on a precipice.
Top finishers from the CIF-SS Masters Meet on Friday at Arcadia High.
(Q: Additional Orange County qualifiers for the CIF State Meet)
MASTERS MEET
At Arcadia High
BOYS RESULTS
100m – 1. Guidry (Vista Murrieta) 10.35, 2. Cunningham (Ranco Verde) 10.41, 3. Hampton (Yucaipa) 10.49, Q – None
200m – 1. Cunningham (Rancho Verde) 21.52, 2. Moore (Oaks Christian) 21.54, 3. Hampton (Yucaipa) 21.55, Q – None
400m – 1. Shinnick (Damien) 46.38, 2. Saniego (Vista Murrieta) 47.69, 3. Bowens (Long Beach Poly) 47.95, Q – None
800m – 1. Irish (Palos Verdes) 1:55.21, 2. Villa (Corona) 1:55.40, 3. Lamb (Glendora) 1:55.43, Q – None
1600m – 1. Renken (Claremont) 4:10.95, 2. Fountain (Great Oak) 4:11.88, 3. Berti (Paso Robles) 4:12.74, Q – Smith (Pacifica)
3200m – 1. Bolger (San Luis Obispo) 9:03.24, 2. Llorin (Mira Costa) 9:06.30, 3. Corcoran (St. John Bosco) 9:07.77, Q – None
110HH – 1. Anderson (Upland) 13.56, 2. Samuel (Rancho Verde) 13.85, 3. Rubio (Los Alamitos) 13.89, Q – Sandoval (Servite)
300IH – 1. Anderson (Upland) 36.58, 2. Christensen (Los Osos) 36.90, 3. Samuel (Rancho Verde) 37.03, Q – Rubio (Los Alamitos), Hennesay (Santa Margarita)
400m relay – 1. Rancho Verde 41.14, 2. Oaks Christian 41.26, 3. Gahr 41.54, Q – Mission Viejo
1600m relay – 1. Roosevelt 3:15.30, 2. Long Beach Wilson 3:16.02, 3. Aliso Niguel 3:16.06
HJ – 1. Crosby (Gahr) 6-07.00, 2. Lee (Trabuco Hills) 6-07.00, 3. Sears (Alemany) 6-07.00, Q – None
LJ – 1. Thompson (Rancho Verde) 23-08.00, 2. Douglas (Long Beach Poly) 23-03.00, 3. Reyes (Elsinore) 22-09.50, Q – Rubio (Los Alamitos), Wesley (Santa Ana Valley)
TJ – 1. Stevenson (Great Oak) 49-09.00, 2. Nnoli (San Marcos) 47-00.50, 3. Massey (Hesperia) 46-09.50, Q – None
PV – 1. Curran (Redondo Union) 17-00.00, 2. Magula (Marina) 16-00.00, 3. Fegan (Newport Harbor) 15-00.00, Q – Martinez (JSerra)
SP – 1. Tsu (Marina) 60-06.00, 2. Johnson (Valley View) 58-05.00, 3. Wilborn (Notre Dame S.O.) 57-03.50, Q – Arnold (Marina), Schooler (Mission Viejo)
DT – 1. Otal (Oak Park) 201-01, 2. Kocab (Serrano) 189-06, 3. Coronado (Golden Valley) 176-04, Q – Lavalle (Mission Viejo)
GIRLS RESULTS
100: 1. Nowling (Calabasas) 11.57, 2. Reed (Serra) 11.59, 3. Augustine (Long Beach Poly) 11.66
200: 1. Augustine (Long Beach Poly) 23.95, 2. Nowling (Calabasas) 24.05, 3. Reed (Serra) 24.11
400: 1. Anderson (Norco) 53.43, 2. Medley (El Toro) 54.15, 3. Harris (Rancho Cucamonga) 54.79
800: 1. Hill (Etiwanda) 2:09.09, 2. Tanaka (Long Beach Poly) 2:09.82, 3. Yago (Marymount) 2:10.43, Q – Sanacore (Los Alamitos)
1,600: 1. Boos (Claremont) 4:49.74, 2. Herberg (Capistrano Valley) 4:49.92, 3. Mandel (Great Oak) 4:51.05
3,200: 1. Lane (Malibu) 10:10.25, 2. Cruz-Albrec (Oak Park) 10:24.19, 3. Adler (Northwood) 10:24.62, Q – Leonard (Canyon)
100HH: 1. Davis (Agoura) 13.45, 2. Jones (San Marcos) 13.90, 3. Hicks (Upland) 13.91
300IH: 1. Anderson (Norco) 41.41, 2. Robinson (Mira Costa) 41.96, 3. Bernard Jo (Roosevelt) 43.41
400 relay: 1. Calabasas 46.02, 2. Santa Margarita 46.28, 3. Serra 47.29
1,600 relay: 1. Santa Margarita 3:47.82, 2. Quartz Hill 3:48.07, 3. Dana Hills 3:48.69
HJ: 1. Burke (Riverside Poly) 5-5, 2. Garner (Woodbridge) 5-5, 3. Palka (Oaks Christian) 5-5
LJ: 1. Davis (Agoura) 20-3.25, 2. Seaton (Westlake) 19-1, 3. Smith (Long Beach Poly) 19-0.50, Q – May (Northwood), Chiaramonte (Mater Dei)
TJ: 1. Davis (Agoura) 40-4, 2. Moersdorf (San Luis Obispo) 40-2.25, 3. Smith (Long Beach Poly) 40-1.25, Q – Garner (Woodbridge), Weeks (Santa Margarita), May (Northwood)
PV: 1. Baxter (Canyon) 14-4, 2. Caskey (Mater Dei) 13-4, 3. Thomas (Santa Margarita) 12-10. Q – Gerardo (Santa Margarita), Combs (Orange Lutheran), Agnew (Mission Viejo)
SP: 1. Sale (Los Alamitos) 46-11.75, 2. Anumba (Los Osos) 45-10.5, 3. Patterson (Louisville) 43-3.5
DT: 1. Anumba (Los Osos) 166-1, 2. F. Crenshaw (Costa Mesa) 150-5, 3. Sale (Los Alamitos) 142-5, Q – T. Crenshaw (Costa Mesa)
During most residential real estate transactions there are two points where the buyers and sellers are polar opposites. When negotiating the purchase price and the terms of the sale and when buyers submit their request for repairs.
Here’s a look at the polarizing aspects of these two epic events.
Negotiating the sales price and terms: This is the point where the buyers start the ball rolling by completing specifying the price they are offering, the length of the escrow period (or how long they want to take to close the deal) disclosing their finances, stating the amount of their deposit, and stating whether they want the fridge and the washer and the dryer.
Obviously, the buyer wants to get the house for the lowest price possible, and the seller wants to get the highest price possible. So both agents sharpen their pencils and work with their respective clients to crank out the counter offers.
The fun part is trying to make everyone think they’re a winner. The seller comes down a little, the buyers come up a little, each wanting to give the other as little as possible.
The end point comes when one of them decides they want it badly enough to say “yes.” Or neither wants it that badly and someone finally says “no” and both move on to the next opportunity.
Negotiating the request for repairs: In the case where there’s finally a “yes” and you move forward, the next point of polarization comes with the home inspection report and the subsequent buyers’ request for repairs.
By this time, the sellers usually have delivered all of the required disclosures. This package of approximately 80 pages covers a lot of territory. The home inspection report is another 24 to 70 pages of information.
Based on all of this, the buyers now have a clearer understanding of the condition of the home and all of its parts and pieces. Buyers who believe they are paying top dollar for the house are often disappointed to learn that the air conditioner doesn’t come on, that there is a mold-like substance growing under the water heater, and the pool equipment leaks.
The sellers are also often disappointed to learn that their AC is broken, they’ve been living with mold for who knows how long, and that the pool guy didn’t let them know about the leaky pool equipment.
Where do you go from here?
The buyers want everything working perfectly and want to get rid of the mold before they move in. The sellers want to hang on to as many Benjamins as they can by avoiding any repairs.
So begins the next tug-of-war over what to do about the broken and damaged parts of the house. Sometimes this round of negotiations is more difficult than the initial contract negotiations. Yet, in most cases, the polar opposites find a way to reach an acceptable middle ground keep the purchase moving forward.
Not without gnashing of teeth, sleepless nights, frantic calls to the AC guy, the general contractor, and pool guy.
From the clients and their Realtors.
Leslie Sargent Eskildsen is an Orange County real estate agent. She can be reached at 949-678-3373 or leslie@leslieeskildsen.com. Her website is leslieeskildsen.com.
SYDNEY — New names, Liberty print swimwear and unisex surfwear were among the biggest buyer takeaways from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia.
Now in its 22nd year, the annual event pushed dates back several weeks to rebrand itself from a spring to resort showcase last year, resulting in a 75 percent increase in international buyer attendance over 2015, according to organizer IMG.
The company said it expects this year’s eight-day event, which concluded Sunday with a weekend of ticketed consumer presentations of the week’s highlights, to have drawn a cumulative attendance of 30,000.
Among them were a contingent of 33 international delegates, including 23 buyers — a number on par with 2016 — from New York, London, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Dubai. Airfares and accommodation were covered by the event.
More than 80 brands from Australia, New Zealand and China were showcased in 42 solo and group runway shows and a new IMG-operated “Designer Suites” showroom located at the event’s central hub for five years, Redfern’s Carriageworks.
Buyers praised the number of collections on offer, the event’s friendly vibe, good organization and the picturesque off-site locations that anchored the event in Sydney.
“Incredible — it just gives you an idea of the culture here and you can see the brands in
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TRUE COLORS: Embassies are all about helping the homeland, but the U.S. Embassy of Haiti went above and beyond presenting the Bien Abyé “Les Jardins de la Mode” pop-up shop.
More than 400 people turned up for the event, the finale to D.C.’s first “Haiti Week,” hosted by Ambassador Paul Altidor, and it featured an assortment of products from Haitian-American entrepreneurs. All of the apparel, accessories, home goods and gourmet products that were featured are sourced or inspired by Haiti. Bien Abyé’s founder and designer Dayanne Danier orchestrated the event, which included “Artisan du Monde” by Nathalie Tancrede, “Deux Noirs” by Eddy Albertini, “Vetiver Les Cayes” by Reginald Boisrond Canal and “Zesa Raw” by Michelle Jean. Art fans, diplomats and tastemakers checked out the collection and shopped in the embassy’s newly renovated courtyard. They also listened in when former White House liaison Karen Andre quizzed participants about their careers.
“The recent event was the first in a series and “is in line with the mission of the Embassy to be a platform for Haitian-owned businesses to showcase their products,” Altidor said.
Bien Abyé is currently offered in five U.S. boutiques and via e-commerce. “Doing pop-up allows me to give a unique experience to
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